Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Engineer
RTX•US-CO-REMOTE, CO
•$107,500 - $204,500•Remote
About The Position
The Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Engineer is a senior individual contributor responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting containerized application platforms in RTX’s enterprise Azure cloud environment. The role delivers scalable, reliable, and secure Kubernetes-based solutions, contributing technical depth, operational reliability, and continuous improvement without serving as the team lead.
Requirements
- A university degree or equivalent experience and at least 8 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and at least 5 years of experience.
- At least 5 years of cloud-platform experience, 3 years of hands-on Azure experience, and 2 years supporting or managing production Kubernetes clusters; AKS experience is preferred.
- Understanding of container architecture, Docker, and orchestration fundamentals, as well as Azure networking, security, managed identities, and resource architecture.
- Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform or Bicep), GitOps approaches (Flux or ArgoCD), CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
- Deep, hands-on daily experience administering and troubleshooting Linux and Windows Server environments, including system configuration, monitoring, patching, and performance optimization.
- Diagnostic skills across distributed systems, compute, networking, storage, and application layers.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future company immigration sponsorship.
Nice To Haves
- Azure certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-400, or AZ-500, or Kubernetes certifications such as CKA or CKAD.
- Experience with service mesh architectures such as Istio or Linkerd, or ingress controllers.
- Exposure to Kubernetes cost optimization strategies.
- Understanding of microservices architecture patterns and distributed system design.
Responsibilities
- Deploy, configure, and maintain production and non-production AKS clusters according to enterprise standards.
- Manage cluster lifecycle activities, including upgrades, scaling, node management, and workload integrations.
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for containerized workloads using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
- Develop and maintain Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, and infrastructure as code using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM.
- Implement and enforce AKS security controls, including RBAC, Azure AD integration, image scanning, secrets management, and network security measures.
- Monitor workloads using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus/Grafana, and other observability tools, and proactively address performance and reliability issues.
- Partner with application teams and architects to design and support scalable microservices and containerized solutions.
- Maintain documentation, runbooks, architecture patterns, and operational standards.
- Participate in on-call rotations and support incident response for AKS and related cloud platform services.
- Support governance, compliance, and audit requirements for Kubernetes environments.
Benefits
- Healthcare benefits
- Wellness benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Work/life benefits
- Parental leave, including paternal leave
- Flexible work schedules
- Achievement awards
- Educational assistance
- Child/adult backup care
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be available, depending on position level and collective-bargaining coverage.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
